Synonyms for incest
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-sest |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn sɛst |
Définition of incest
Origin :- c.1200, "the crime of sexual intercourse between near kindred," from Old French inceste and directly from Latin incestum "unchastity, impious unchastity," also specifically "sex between close relatives," noun use of neuter adjective incestus "unchaste, impure," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + castus "pure" (see caste). In early use also in reference to sexual relations or marriage with one under a vow of chastity (sometimes distinguished as spiritual incest). Old English had sibleger "incest," literally "kin-lying."
- noun inbreeding
- Incest and infanticide are as common among them as among the lower animals.
- Extract from : « The Earl of Beaconsfield » by James Anthony Froude
- Incest and the foulest vices were bad enough, but witchcraft was worse.
- Extract from : « Witch Stories » by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
- Incest with his mother is one of the sins of Oedipus, patricide the other.
- Extract from : « A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis » by Sigmund Freud
- Incest appears to have had in his eyes peculiar charms; for he offered himself three times to three different sisters-in-law.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli
- Incest, which is peculiarly the crime of the weak, the wretched and the poor, has a somewhat different origin.
- Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow
- Incest is the marrying or cohabiting together as husband and wife, of persons related to each other within certain degrees.
- Extract from : « The Government Class Book » by Andrew W. Young
- Incest was common among them, and they were extremely addicted to drunkenness.
- Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. » by Robert Kerr
- Incest is punishable by payment of one's wergeld or a fine or forfeiture of all his possessions.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
- Incest is the practical result of some of the branches of this new-fangled system of sealing and marriage.
- Extract from : « The Mormon Prophet and His Harem » by C.V. Waite
- Incest is, like many other incorrect things, a very poetical circumstance.
- Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron
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